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erinmassey23's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Addiction and Mass/school shootings
jgaton's review against another edition
DNF at page 179. It reads more like a collection of influencer-y instagram captions rather than a memoir. The first half was somehow more compelling… by the second half it just seemed to me that she wanted back pats for Doing Parenting, which I found tedious.
jasminian_devil's review against another edition
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
pay10new10's review against another edition
5.0
Lots of emotions packed into the book in a very loving and heart-warming way. Doyle's story is really empowering for those who are still trying to discover their own sexuality and identity. Worth the read.
kaminskygirl's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
hopelaina's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
julianananana's review against another edition
I got 35 pages into this novel and realized life is too short to read books I don't like.
I heard amazing things about this book and had high expectations – I wanted to learn, to feel seen, and to relate to this novel, but unfortunately for me it fell very flat from page one. The voice of Doyle is such a white feminist voice that takes itself very seriously (ie I was not getting any substance from it, it was all earnestly stated cliched metaphors). For me, there wasn't anything groundbreaking in this book and I stopped because I expected it to read the same way throughout.
I heard amazing things about this book and had high expectations – I wanted to learn, to feel seen, and to relate to this novel, but unfortunately for me it fell very flat from page one. The voice of Doyle is such a white feminist voice that takes itself very seriously (ie I was not getting any substance from it, it was all earnestly stated cliched metaphors). For me, there wasn't anything groundbreaking in this book and I stopped because I expected it to read the same way throughout.